Coffee bean roasting device
US5016362A · kind A · utility
Assignees
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23N12/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A coffee bean roasting device includes a heating oven and a roasting drum in the heating drum, infrared heaters attached to inner walls of the heating oven, and a cooling drum provided under the roasting drum. The device further includes agitating blades spirally provided on inner walls of the roasting drum and the cooling drum and having smooth inner circumferential edges, a suction blower for sucking air in either of the drums, an exhaust passage for exhausting burnt gases produced in the roasting drum out of the device, a pressure sensor provided in a passage from an opening of the roasting drum to the exhaust passage, a pressure regulating device for regulating pressures in the roasting drum with the aid of differences between pressures detected by the pressure sensor and atmospheric pressure, a temperature sensor provided on an inner wall of the heating oven in opposition to the roasting drum, and a water spray nozzle for spraying water into the roasting drum through its opening.
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